Just Push Play Tour

Just Push Play Tour
Tour by Aerosmith
Associated album Just Push Play
Start date June 6, 2001
End date February 3, 2002
Legs 5
Number of shows 92 (scheduled); 77 (played)
Aerosmith concert chronology

The Just Push Play Tour was a concert tour headlined by Aerosmith that took the band to dozens of shows across North America and Japan. The tour was put on in support of their 2001 release Just Push Play and ran from June 2001 to February 2002. Alternative rockers Fuel opened the show for much of the tour. The Cult served as the opening act on later dates.

The tour received much success with the only major problems on the tour being cancellations. Three of the cancellations were due in part to the September 11 terrorist attacks; two of these dates were made up on the tour. An earlier show in Irvine was canceled due to a scheduling conflict with the recording of the music video for the single "Sunshine". Eleven shows were canceled later on in the tour due to illness of one of the band members.

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America Leg I
June 6, 2001 Hartford United States Meadows Music Theater
June 8, 2001 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 10, 2001 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
June 12, 2001
June 16, 2001 Wantagh Jones Beach Amphitheater
June 18, 2001
June 20, 2001
June 22, 2001 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
June 24, 2001 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
June 26, 2001 Mansfield Tweeter Center
June 28, 2001
June 30, 2001 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 2, 2001 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
July 5, 2001 Tinley Park United States Tweeter Center
July 7, 2001 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 9, 2001 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 11, 2001 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater
July 13, 2001 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 15, 2001 Corfu Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 17, 2001 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
July 19. 2001 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheater
July 21, 2001 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
July 23, 2001 Greenwood Village Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
North America Leg II
August 8, 2001 Mountain View United States Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 10, 2001 George Gorge Amphitheater
August 12, 2001 Sacramento Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
August 14. 2001 Concord Chronicle Pavilion
August 16, 2001 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheater
August 18, 2001 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 20, 2001 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 22, 2001 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater CANCELED
August 24, 2001 San Bernardino Hyundai Pavilion
August 26, 2001 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion
August 28, 2001 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 30, 2001 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 1, 2001 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre
September 3, 2001 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
September 5, 2001 Memphis Pyramid Arena
September 7, 2001 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
September 9, 2001 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 11, 2001 Virginia Beach GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater CANCELED
September 13, 2001 Camden Tweeter Waterfront Center CANCELED
September 15, 2001 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion CANCELED
September 17, 2001 Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
September 19, 2001 Nashville AmSouth Amphitheater
September 21, 2001 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
September 23, 2001 West Palm Beach Sound Advice Amphitheater
September 25, 2001 Bristow Nissan Pavilion MAKE-UP FOR CANCELED COLUMBIA, MD SHOW
September 27, 2001 Camden Tweeter Waterfront Center RESCHEDULED
North America Leg III
October 11, 2001 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome
October 13, 2001 Edmonton Skyreach Centre
October 15, 2001 Minneapolis United States Target Center
October 17, 2001 Grand Forks Alerus Center
October 19, 2001 Ames Hilton Coliseum
October 21, 2001 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
October 23, 2001 Rosemont Allstate Arena
October 25, 2001 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 27, 2001 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena CANCELED
October 29, 2001 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre CANCELED
October 31, 2001 Montreal Molson Centre
November 2, 2001 Fairborn United States Nutter Center CANCELED
November 4, 2001 Boston FleetCenter CANCELED
November 6, 2001 Providence Dunkin Donuts Center CANCELED
November 8, 2001 Philadelphia First Union Center CANCELED
November 10, 2001 Lexington Rupp Arena CANCELED
November 12, 2001 New York City Madison Square Garden
November 15, 2001 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
November 17, 2001 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
November 19, 2001 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
November 25, 2001 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum CANCELED
November 27, 2001 Tampa Ice Palace
November 29, 2001 Fort Lauderdale National Car Rental Center
December 1, 2001 Birmingham BJCC Arena CANCELED
December 3, 2001 Champaign Assembly Hall
December 5, 2001 Dallas Reunion Arena
December 7, 2001 North Little Rock Alltel Arena
December 9, 2001 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
December 11, 2001 St. Louis Savvis Center CANCELED
December 13, 2001 Kansas City Kemper Arena CANCELED
December 15, 2001 Moline The Mark of the Quad Cities CANCELED
December 17, 2001 Cleveland Gund ArenaCANCELED
North America Leg IV
January 5, 2002 Denver United States Pepsi Center
January 7, 2002 Salt Lake City Delta Center
January 9, 2002 San Jose San Jose Arena
January 11, 2002 Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel
January 13, 2002 Inglewood Great Western Forum
January 15, 2002 Fresno Selland Arena
January 17, 2002 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
Asia
January 25, 2002 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome
January 27, 2002
January 29, 2002 Fukuoka Fukuoka Dome
January 31, 2002 Nagoya Nagoya Dome
February 2, 2002 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
February 3, 2002

Stage setup

The stage for the tour had a very modern look, resembling the moderness of the band's new album and its cover. Most striking was the silver and white colors, as well as two curving staircases which met at a platform at the top, where some of the most exciting moments of each concert took place, including the entrance of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry at the beginning of the show, as well as Steven Tyler singing the eerie lyrics to the beginning of "Seasons of Wither"

Additionally, the band set up a second smaller stage in the rear of the outdoor pavilions to play a for those in the lawn section. During the middle of the show, the band members would walk under very heavy security to this stage to do a three-song set from this stage.

Steven Tyler jokingly referred to this tour as the "Back on the Grass Tour" which was a reference to the auxiliary stage set up on the lawn at many outdoor venues, and at the same time a jab at those who had claimed Aerosmith was using drugs again. Tyler especially targeted former manager Tim Collins with these jokes, who had accused Aerosmith of relapsing into drug use before the band fired him in 1996. "Back On The Grass" was never an official name for the tour, just a joke Tyler repeated in several interviews.

Setlist

The setlist was quite long, featuring as many as 25 songs at some shows. It varied show to show, as most Aerosmith setlists do, but it usually included about half a dozen songs from Just Push Play as well a fair balance between their 70s rock classics and their 80s and 90s pop-rock hits.

Success

The tour came on the heels of the band's platinum album Just Push Play. Aerosmith was at their peak popularity at this time, having played the Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show, been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, and scored a Top 10 hit all within the first half of the year. Just prior to the start of the tour, Steven Tyler sang the National Anthem at the Indianapolis 500, and the team sponsored a car in the race.

As a result, many shows sold out and the band seemed to endlessly add arena dates through the fall and winter, even after their highly successful summer amphitheater tour.

The tour was ranked as the 8th highest grossing of 2001.

Problems

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the band canceled the three shows after that (Virginia Beach, Camden, NJ, and Columbia, MD), which all also happened to be on the Eastern Seaboard, where the attacks had occurred. These shows were later rescheduled.

Additionally, the band decided to cancel a 2nd show at Irvine, CA earlier in the tour, due to a scheduling conflict with the filming of the video for the single "Sunshine."

United We Stand

The band decided to play the United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert (for September 11 victims) at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. on October 21, 2001, alongside Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and several other pop stars. The band had been uncertain about whether to play the show due to scheduling conflicts, and made the decision almost at the last minute. The band took the stage in the afternoon, playing about a 5-song set and then amazingly flew back to Indianapolis, IN for a concert that same night.

Rockin' the Joint

In January 2002, the band played The Joint, a 2,000 seat venue within the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. This show was recorded and parts of it released as the band's fifth live album, a Dual Disc CD/DVD entitled Rockin' the Joint which was released in 2005.

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